Welcome to the Grid

And we're live! War Head's next Horus Heresy event, The Grid, will be arranged on Saturday the 6th of June. This time we're introducing a completely new event format, weaving in-game objectives, hobby spark and soft score into a single mission chart. The event includes two thrilling games using 3000 point armies, a compact Horus Heresy quiz and an open army parade combined with photography, all concluding in a light-hearted awards ceremony. The idea is that everyone can choose their own event approach depending on their hobby motivations - paint & prepare before the event, or burn those brain calories trying to capture the right objectives on the battlefield! Check out our event primer below and sign up via email!

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The Herald, Issue 3

Civil War Patrols in Cinematic Frames, Part II

The second of two cinematic gallery videos from War Head Civil War 2025 is out now! This film showcases the other four of the eight armies that took part in our narrative Horus Heresy skirmish event - a 500-point format focused on camaraderie and the visual aspects of the hobby. See the first part here!

Target Acquired - Announcing War Head Horus Heresy: The Grid

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The Old Silk Road

War Head's nostalgia-filled Fantasy Battles campaign is truly on! This spring we'll march to the Border Princes, where many conflicts of glory, story-driven narratives and medieval military discord will occur in the authentic scenes of the Old World! This gaming spree is something we're building for our childhood selves - realizing lifelong dream armies, revisiting our favourite classic story tropes and taking in the true spirit of Warhammer Fantasy as we remember it. Here we present the participating factions, campaign coverage shall follow!

Campaigner: Joel (GM)
Faction: Dwarfen Mountain Holds, Royal Clans
Army: Royal Clan of Karak Varn
Sobriquet: The Unbroken
General: Prince Belegrond of Karak Varn, heir to the Gromril Throne
Purpose: Redeem family honour and earn the King's Crown

Campaigner: Eric
Faction: Bretonnian Exiles
Army: The Lady’s Pilgrimage
Sobriquet: The Faithful
General: Paladin Géraud le Noir

Purpose: Build a Chapel of the Lady in the Border Princes

Campaigner: Teemu
Faction: The Empire, Gunnery School Class of 2611
Army: Expedition for the New Nuln Mining Municipality
Sobriquet: The Hardheads
General: Markgraf Bastian Havertz
Purpose: Establish a regional Blackpowder Tax and a saltpetre monopoly

Campaigner: Scott
Faction: Wood Elf Realms
Army: Arhain of the Misty Glade
Sobriquet: Arahai Kindband of Argwylon
General: Valkath, Ashenhawk of Drakira
Purpose: Elven Secrets

Campaigner: Ollie
Faction: Orc and Goblin Tribes
Army: The Great Hunt of Grill da Megz
Sobriquet: The Greenskins
General: Grill da Megz "Monsta-hunta"
Purpose: Capture and domesticate the Wandering Giant

One For All - XVIII Salamanders

It's interesting how much room there is for artistic, personal interpretations and strong, themed army composition choices even in small, 500 point patrol rosters. We often talk about how neat it is to see personal takes on different Legions - especially now as we have pretty much every faction represented in our joint collection we start to see new, reimagined versions of the same subjects. It's all down to the vision and understanding of the culture behind each faction, as each Legion can be interpreted in miniature art in so many ways. The combination of Salamanders and Solar Auxilia elements in Ollie's Civil War list was particularly fitting for the 18th Legiones Astartes.

When it comes to modelling, Ollie chose to mix armour marks within the squads for an olschool Tactical Squad vibe and also to have different kind of details to paint. These might also be the first Heresy force Ollie has done with a warm colour palette - a proper collector's item! The basing scenery has been created with the help of GamersGrass tuft kits. 

The Herald, Issue 2

The Iron Wall

Here we present some newly-finished troops of the Iron Sultanate - a complete Trench Crusade warband ready for violent adventures! Our customer had seen the miniatures we produced for Factory Fortress display and really liked the colour palette, which we were happy to imitate on these models. The paints used are from the John Blanche signature set by Army Painter, providing a striking yet down-to-earth scheme for the models. These acrylics were complemented by AK Interactive Liquid Enamel Pigments for the dusty weathering effects.

We handled the entire production from setting up the 3D files, printing the models and finally painting and basing the miniatures to form a uniform warband. Hopefully these warriors serve their new master well in conflicts to come!

The Herald, Issue 1

March Moves: Back to the Border Princes!

The Empire 

Expedition for the New Nuln Mining Municipality

Gunnery School Class of 2611, "The Hardheads"

What started out as Joel's personal fascination for the Old World game system has now blown into a full-scale Fantasy Battles nostalgia trip for most of our inner circle! In the space of a few months we've planned a narrative campaign setup, produced an entirely new set of thematic terrain and assembled fresh troops to fight for the control of the Border Princes. We've learnt that anything we do in the hobby is better done together - and this subject has really inspired our collective appetite.

It's been fun to discuss what everyone has drawn their project inspiration from. Personally I have refurbished an olden army project, sticking to the colours and even techniques used in the past as a homage to those bygone years. Eric has finally created the dream army out of precious white metal that was out of a kid's financial means back in the day. And Joel has now reacquired a classic collection that was tragically stolen from him a long time ago. Some of our armies stick to the vivid colours of the fifth edition, while some lean on to the darker visuals supported by the legendary black-and-white illustrations. There's so much (positive) emotional weight when it comes to our childhood miniatures and books, that it's been wildly sentimental getting back to the Game of Fantasy Battles.

My own Empire collection was started as Christmas presents around 2003 or 2004 and I've carried the same models with me to this day. These have of course been painted many times, and I have core childhood memories relating to early hobby sessions including the same State Troops (done in Talabheim colours). I started the previous iteration of the army in 2017 and repainted a regiment of Spearmen in the Nuln colours back in my childhood home in Rovaniemi, but never finished a playable army. Until now.

These last few months have been very fulfilling, not only painting up a campaign force to game with, but completing a hobby project to really close the circle in a personally meaningful way. What used to be a barrier in the lack of technical knowhow, material resources or a kid's hobby patience was now a scalable threshold. I intentionally kept the previously completed models as they were, with their faults and all, to keep the history of the project intact. It would be fun to see what a childhood me would think of the completed force as it now stands.

My force is about a young Imperial Markgraf who's been tasked with establishing a New Nuln mining state in the Border Princes, creating a saltpetre monopoly and imposing a Blackpowder Tax on all settlers, travellers and passing warbands. Our super-casual and narratively spiced campaign structure allows all kinds of thematic quirks - trying to collect taxes (in the form of army list points) from other participants should be eventful. It will be great to see where the story takes us, and what kind of reinforcements might be cooking to be deployed in conflicts to come!